When I launch Opera a cookie from Google.com is created without loading accessing any Google site.

I delete this cookie, close the browser and launch it again, and this cookie is created again.

I do not even use Google as the default search engine, I've put the DuckDuckGo and that cookie is still being created.

Have they sold users to Google to spy on us?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/26432/google-com-cookie-is-created-each-time-i-open-operaRSS for NodeSun, 15 Sep 2019 07:56:47 GMTTue, 01 May 2018 01:28:32 GMT60When I launch Opera a cookie from Google.com is created without loading accessing any Google site.

I delete this cookie, close the browser and launch it again, and this cookie is created again.

I do not even use Google as the default search engine, I've put the DuckDuckGo and that cookie is still being created.

Have they sold users to Google to spy on us?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145483https://forums.opera.com/post/145483Tue, 01 May 2018 01:28:32 GMTI'm assuming Opera's fetching the favicon or something from google and that's enough to set a cookie. I didn't check though.
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145495https://forums.opera.com/post/145495Tue, 01 May 2018 05:44:51 GMTI just want to say you that ghostery is tracking too. So if you are concernt about privacy uninstall it and use another addon. I would recommend you ublock origin with an anti-tracking list. There is one installed by default.
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145519https://forums.opera.com/post/145519Tue, 01 May 2018 10:20:59 GMTTo Opera Devs - Can we please have an explanation why Google.com is setting a cookie EVERY time when starting Opera, and that's before doing anything? This has only started with recent updates.

First thought is an invasion of privacy by Google?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145556https://forums.opera.com/post/145556Wed, 02 May 2018 01:12:07 GMT@operafanuk Google is start page's search engine as well as instant page's one for most people. Maybe it's related.

Also, Opera is based on Chromium.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145558https://forums.opera.com/post/145558Wed, 02 May 2018 01:23:01 GMT@leocg Thank you Leo. My default search engine is DuckDuckGo and has been so for a long time. This has become a recent issue with present Opera updates where it wasn't happening previously!
Interestingly, Even when changing Opera default cookie setting from recommended to "Block sites from setting any data", "Google.com" still sets a cookie upon start.

Am aware Opera based upon Chromium, but surely when the user has set default settings and restarted, one should not expect this intrusive cookie to appear?

Besides Google DNS queries, with your specific setup, all I see for HTTP connections to Google is for google.com and it's for http://www.google.com/favicon.ico. And, I don't see it on every startup. There's also no set-cookie header in the response.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145585https://forums.opera.com/post/145585Wed, 02 May 2018 09:47:23 GMT@burnout426 Thank you for the info. I've read the browserauth.net url you mention and would agree there lies the answer. Worth a read to those like myself having concerns, though I would hope Opera give their own explanation.

Perhaps Opera devs may at some point add that info, or similar, to blogs.opera.com, in order to help loyal Opera users understand?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145696https://forums.opera.com/post/145696Thu, 03 May 2018 19:56:18 GMT@jannis I use both, uBlock Origin for ads and Ghostery for trackers for weeks now.

What is not blocked by uBlock Origin is blocked by Ghostery, and I have my user logged in Ghostery to sync blocked trackers with all the browsers I use (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera).

As @operafanuk says, this Google.com cookie is created with the last version of Opera, so the issue is related to Opera devs changes in the last version.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145855https://forums.opera.com/post/145855Sun, 06 May 2018 07:02:55 GMT@burnout426@operafanuk that link is not at all relevant. it does not answer why a cookie is loaded without visiting a site.
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/155997https://forums.opera.com/post/155997Mon, 01 Oct 2018 08:43:36 GMT@exchequer same thing is happening to me with 2 cookies; neither is from google. google is my default search engine so that is not the reason.
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/155998https://forums.opera.com/post/155998Mon, 01 Oct 2018 08:45:45 GMT